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' APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19, 1918. 1,359,938; mama Nov 192m 3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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TRANSFER PRINTING AND DELIVERING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 19. I918.

Patented Nov. 23, 1920.

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* To all whom it may concern: 1 u

- Be it. known that I, Cimnnns N. VADE, a

' citizen" of the United States, residin' at Paterson, in the county of Passaic and tate of New Jersey, have invented certain new a and useful Improvements in Transfer Print- "ingi anjdjfDelivering -Machines, of which the .followmg is a speclfication.

, 'Ihis' nvention relates to an improved machin for printing street car or other transfers and-has as its primary "object to provide a machine of comparatively simple andnompact form which may be readily operated toTprint and deliver transfers as desired". a. 7

Another ob ect of the invention 1S to provide a transfer printing and delivering machine which may beemployed for printing the various transfers issued at different junction points along a streetcar or other rental v A further object of the invention is to provide a machine which will be equipped forprinting the date,-the time of issue, and the time of'eXpiration of the transfer,

the ,line issuing the transfer and the line upon which the, transfer is to be used as well '1 as the, direction for which the transfer is valid. I i

'l A'further object is to in which the various printing members may bemo'ved manually to operative or inoperative position and all the printing members to] be used for printing a given transfer, brought into. printing position by the manual operation of a single lever. v

,- A [still lfurtherobject of the invention resides in the provision of means for feeding a paper stripffrom a roll within the 'machine across a printing table and beneath an inked ribbon to be printed upon by the 1 printing mechanism before being withdrawn and cut off to provide the transfers.

Other and incidental objects will appear during the course of the detailed description ofthe invention. In the drawings,

" wherein I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention, and wherein.

similar reference characters designate corresponcling'parts throughout the several views Y Y Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view taken through the complete device,

provide a machine mnaNsrnia PRINTING AND DELIVERING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patgnted N 23, 192() Application filed sjepteniber 19, 1918. seriarNo; 254, 14.

Fig. 2is a transverse sectional View taken on the l ne 22 of Fig. l and looking in the direction of the arrows,

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken on the In carrying the invention into effect I employ-a preferably oblong casing 10 in which I is 'mounted a horizontal printing table ll jsupported by suitable brackets 12 secured to one sidewall of the casing.

Journaled beneath the table 11 adjacent" the forward end thereof is a transverse shaft 13 upon which is mounted a roll of paper 1 1. A. strip 15 is drawn from this roll around a guide roller 15 and over the table 11, the strip lying flat against the table. From the table, the free end of the strip is then continued between friction feed rollers 16 and through a discharge opening 17in the front wall of the casing,- being received within a discharge trough 18 extending from the said front wall to receive the portion of the strip upon which a transfer is printed. The feed rollers-16 are mounted adjacent the forward end ofthe casing opposite the discharge opening 17 and connected to the shaft of one of the rollers is a crank 19 by which the said rollers may be manually rotated for feeding the paper strip over the table. Connected to the front wall of the casing in the rear of the discharge opening 17 and at opposite sides of the said opening, are vertical. guide members 20 and slidably supported between these guide members is a vertically movable cutting blade 21 provided with a beveled lower cutting edge adapted to sever the paper strip 15. The blade is held in elevated position by suitable springs 22 connected with opposite ends of the blade and the top wall of the casing and is manually operable by a handle .23 projecting through a suitable slot in the front wall of the-casing. Extending over the printing table 11 in close spaced relation to the portion of the paper strip 15 lying thereon is an inked ribbon 24, held parallel to the said portion of the paper strip by guide rollers 25 mounted at opposite ends of the table. One end of the ribbon is wound upon a roller 26 mounted in the lower rear corner of the casing while the opposite end of the ribbon is wound upon a similar roller 27 mounted in the forward upper corner of the casing.

Suspended above the printing table 11 in spaced parallel relation thereto, is a vertically movable plate or carrier 28. Upstanding from this plate adjacent the corners thereof are lugs 29 and connected at their lower ends to these lugs are a plurality of springs 30 the upper ends of which are secured to lugs 31 depending from thetop wall of the casing. Thus, the springs 30 will normally hold the plate elevated and mounted'to guide the plate in its vertical movement are a plurality of rails 32. These rails are connected to opposite side edges of the plate and are received withinvertical guide members 33 upon the inner faces of the side walls of the casing. As will be seen, the rails 32 will tend to maintain the plate in a horizontal plane and thus prevent sagging of either side or end of the plate.

The plate 21 carries all of the printing mechanism. comprises a shaft 3% upon which are mounted telescopic sleeves 35 and respectively, extending throughout the major portion of the length of the shaft. Upstanding from the plate are spaced bearing brackets 37 and 38 respectively. the bracket 37 engaging the inner end of the shaft while the bracket 38 receives the outermost sleeve 36 for thus operatively supporting the shaft and sleeves with respect to the plate. Connected to the shaft as well as to the inner ends of the sleeves respectively, are disks 39. 4:0 and 41. One of the disks has numerals on its periphery to designate the different years, another has numerals thereon for the various days of the month, while the third has letters thereon to indicate the different months. At their outer ends. the shaft and sleeves project freely through a suitable elongated slot 12 in the adjacent side wall of the casing so as to permit depression of the plate 21 and respectively carry turning knobs or disks 43, 44 and 45, so that the shaft or either one of the sleeves may be independently rotated for shifting the disks 39, i0 and 4:1 to dispose the proper letters and numerals in active position projecting through a suitable opening 4 3 in the plate. As will be seen, the proper one of the disks 39, and ll may be changed each day to print the current date.

The date printing mechanism The mechanism for printing the time of issue of a transfer and the time within which the transfer must be used comprises a suitable clock mechanism inclosed within a casing lat mounted on the plate 21 and operating a shaft 4- 3 projecting from the casing. Mounted upon the outer end of said shaft is a gear wheel 46. Upstanding from the plate 1 in advance of the shaft 45 is a pair of spaced bearing brackets 47 arranged at opposite sides of an opening 18 through the plate. Journaled upon these brackets is a shaft 49 carrying a pinion 5O meshing with the gear wheel 46. Upstanding from the plate 21 in the rear of the shaft 45 is a pair of bearing brackets 51 arranged at opposite sides of an opening 52 through the plate. Journaled upon the brackets 1 is a shaft carrying a pinion 5-1; also meshing with the gear 46. Thus the shafts 4.9 and 53 will be simultaneously rotated from the shaft 45. Fixed upon the shaft i9 is a type carrying wheel or disk 55 projecting through the opening 48 in the plate while similar wheel or disk 56 is fixed upon the shaft 53 to project through the opening 52 in the plate. Type members are mounted upon the peripheries of these wheels and preferably indicate the hours and fractions of hours, as may be decided upon by the parties for whom the machines are provided. For illustration, the hours and half hours may be indicated by the type members upon the wheel 55, while the quarter hours are arranged upon the wheel 56. In other words, the wheel 55 will be in position for its type to print one oclock while the wheel 56 is in position for its type in print one fifteen or, when the wheel in position for its type to print one thirty. the wheel 56 vill be in position for its type to print one forty-live, always giv- .ing fifteen minutes between the time the transfer issued and the time at which transfer will expire. In this connectou. it will, of course. be understood that the wheels 55 and 56 will be properly rotated by the clock mechanism to print the current time upon the transfers. The clock mechanism is to be wound and set in the usual manner but since the winding and setting mechanism may be of any conventional character, such mechanism is not shown. Iowever, in order to permit free access to the clock mechanism, one side wall of the casing is provided with a suitable door 57. In order to permit the removal of any of the parts or their repair, th opposite side wall of the casing is, as particularly shown in Figs. 3 to 6 inclusive, preferably hinged.

In showing and describing the printing disks or wheels 55 and 56 for printing the hour and each quarter or half of an hour as designating the time between the time of issue and the time of expiration of the transi the plunger stems.

gers project upwardly through the top wall an arm 63' upstanding from the block.

fer, I have only illustrated by way of example, how the device is to be employed. practical use, the disk or wheel may give simply the hour, or, in addition to the hour, the exact minute at which the transfer is issued, and the disk or wheel 56 will give the hour and exact minute fifteen minutes later, designating the time of expiration of the transfer or vice versa. Further, the time limit for the expiration of the transfer may be ten minutes, fifteen minutes, a half hour, or any other time which is figured as proper ,or prescribed by law, depending upon the conditions existing at the junction or transfer point. "Theillustration is sufficient to demonstrate the principle involved but accurate printing will avoid all" possible disute. p Upstanding from the plate 21 adjacent the rearendthereof is a medially arranged guide block 58 and mounted for reciprocation through this block is a plurality of plungers ortype carrying members 59 arranged 1n pairs, and a similar type carrying member 60 at one end of the block. The

plungers 59 are provided with type 61 upon their lower ends, and the plungers of each pair are connectediby a walking beam or rocker 62 pivoted midway of its ends upon The rockers are formed with forked terminals embracing the stems of the plungers and the said terminals are provided with elongated slots 6% in which are slidably engaged the ends of suitable pins 65 extending through The stems of the plunof the" casing 10 and are equipped with operating knobs 66. As will be seen, when one plunger of each pair is depressed or shifted downwardly to active position so that its type 61 will project below the bottom face ofthe plate 21, the other plunger of such pair will be shifted upwardly to inactive position. This arrangement is desirable so that the plungers may be employed for printing the direction in which the transfer is to be used, the line for which it is issued,

and similar data. The plunger 60 may be equipped uponits lower end with type 67 for printing the name of the line issuing the transfer. Any-number of plunger-s may be provided, as desired, so that the different transfers to be issued by a line using the machine, may all be printed by any one device. The machine will, of course, be designed for thevarious lines upon which the accerding'tothe linesupon which the ma chine is to be employed. Extending from and is provided at its upper end with an operating knob 69.

In order that each transfer may be numbered so that they may be identified and acounted for if necessary or desirable, or in order to prove conclusively that the time of issue and expiration is correct and in accordance with the order in which the transfers are issued, a numbering and recording mechanism is provided. This mechanism also records the total number of transfers issued and comprises a series of printing disks'70 mounted at one side of the guide block 58. to project through the plate 28. The disks are preferably five in number and each disk carries on its periphery, numbers ranging from 1 to 9 and zero. Housing the disks is a casing 71 upstanding from the plate 28 and projecting from the casing is an actuating arm 72 disposed for engagement by a trip arm 73 projecting inwardly from the adjacent side wall of the casing. Consequently, when the'plate 21 is depressed the arm 72 will be engaged with the arm 73 units disk, the tens disk will he stepped one space and so on, as is common in this class of devices, the disks being automatically turned to again start with the number 1 after having reached the highest number capable of being recorded by the disks. The number of disks employed may be varied, of course, so that the mechanism may adequately serve as a recorder to indicate the number of transfers issued for accounting purposes or otherwise As will be seen, the numbering mechanism is arranged to print the transfer at the margin thereof opposite to that printed by the dating mechanism.

From the foregoing description it is believed that the operation of my improved machine will be readily understood. By

manipulati'ng the printing members, the

printing members desired may be brought into active or printing position, when the plunger 68 may then be operated to depress the plate 28 and print an entire transfer upon the portion of the paper strip overlying the table 11. The crank 19 is then operated to rotate the rollers 16 and feed out the printed transfer through the discharge opening 17 in the casing, when the cutting blade 21 is depressed for severing the transfer so printed. Coincident with the feeding of the printed transfer through the discharge opening, the paper strip will be advanced over the printing table in position for printing the next transfer and this operation may be repeated until the roll 14 is exhausted, when a new roll may be readily substituted therefor.

lVhile the preferred embodiment of this invention has been illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically described in the foregoing paragraphs, it is to be understood that minor changes in the details of construction and arrangement of parts may be resorted to within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a transfer printing and delivery machine, printing means including a printing member carrying a plurality of printing devices each having several printing faces, means for manually selectively moving the different faces of some of said devices into printing position, time clock means for moving the different faces of others of said devices into printing position, and counting means for moving the printing faces of still others of said devices into printing position.

2. In a transfer printing and delivery machine, a fixed printing table, an inking member moving adjacent the printing table, means feeding a strip to be printed upon across said table between said inking member and table and delivering the same, after printing, in predetermined ticket len ths, printing means including a printing member carrying plurality of printing devices each having several printing faces, means for manually selectively moving the different faces of some of said devices into printing position, and automatic means for moving the different faces of others of said devices into printing position.

3. In a transfer printing and delivery machine, a fixed printing table, an inking member moving adjacent the printing table, means feeding a strip to be printed upon across said table between said inking memher and table and delivering the same, after printing, in predetermined ticketlengths, printing means including a printing member carrying a plurality of printing devices each having several printing faces, means for manually selectively moving the different faces of some of said devices into printing position, time clock means for moving the different faces of others of said devices into printing position, and counting means for moving the printing faces of still others of said devices into printing position.

i. In a transfer strip printing and delivery machine, printing means including a reciprocable printing member carrying a plurality of printing devices each having several printing faces, means for manually selectively moving the different faces of some of said devices into printing position, rails and guides at right angles to said reciprocable printing member providing a relatively long bearing surface preventing angular displacement of said printing memher during movement, and automatic means for moving the different faces of others of said devices into printing position.

5. In a transfer printing and delivery machine, printing means including a printing member carrying a plurality of printing devices each having several printing faces, manually operable means interconnecting some of the printing faces for simultaneous selective movement, whereby one of the printing faces is moved into printing position simultaneously with the movement of another out of printing position, time clock means for moving the different faces of others of said devices into printing position, and counting means for moving the printing faces of still others of said devices into printing position.

In a transfer printing and delivery machine, a fixed printing table, an inking member moving adjacent the printing table, means feeding a strip to be printed upon across said table between said inking mem ber and table and delivering the same, after printing, in predetermined ticket lengths, printing means including a printing member carrying a plurality of printing devices each having several printing faces, manually operable means interconnecting some of the printing faces for simultaneous selective movement, whereby one printing face is moved into printing position at the time another is moved out of printing position, and automatic means for moving the different faces of others of said devices into printing position.

T. In a transfer printing and delivery machine, a fixed printing table, an inking member moving adjacent the printing table, means feeding a strip to be printed upon across said table between said inking member and table and delivering the same, after printing, in predetermined ticket lengths, printing means including a )rinting member carrying a plurality of printing devices each having several printing faces, manually operable means interconnccting some of the printing faces for simultaneous selective movement, whereby one printing face is moved into p *inting position at the time another is moved out of printing position, time clock means for moving the different faces of others of said devices into printing position, and counting means fol-movingthe printing faces of still others of said devices into printing position.

8. In a transfer strip printing and delivery machine, printing means including a reciprocable printing member carrying a V plurality of printing devices each having several printing faces, manually operable means interconnecting some of the printing faces for simultaneous selective movement, whereby one printing face is moved into printing position at the time another is moved out of printing position, rails and guides at right, angles to said reciprocable printing member providing a relatively long 10 bearing surface preventing angular displacement of said printing member during In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. 15

CHARLES N. WADE. 1, 8.

WVitnesses:

RUDOLPH H. MATTHIns, A. E. LEVEGTIN. 

